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Webster 1913 Edition


Regress

Re′gress

(r?′gr?s)
,
Noun.
[L.
regressus
, fr.
regredi
,
regressus
. See
Regrede
.]
1.
The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression. “The progress or regress of man”.
F. Harrison.
2.
The power or liberty of passing back.
Shak.

Re-gress′

(r?-gr?s′)
,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Regressed
(-gr?st′)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Regressing
.]
To go back; to return to a former place or state.
Sir T. Browne.

Webster 1828 Edition


Regress

RE'GRESS

,
Noun.
[L. regressus, regredior.]
1.
Passage back; return; as ingress and regress.
2.
The power of returning or passing back.

Definition 2024


regress

regress

English

Noun

regress (plural regresses)

  1. The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression.
    • Frederic Harrison
      Its bearing on the progress or regress of man is not an inconsiderable question.
  2. The power or liberty of passing back.
    • William Shakespeare
      Thou shalt have egress and regress.

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regress (third-person singular simple present regresses, present participle regressing, simple past and past participle regressed)

  1. (intransitive) To move backwards to an earlier stage; to devolve.
  2. (transitive, statistics) To perform a regression on an explanatory variable.
    When we regress Y on X, we use the values of variable X to predict those of Y.

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Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Latin regressus - back step, from re- back and gressus - step.

Noun

regress

  1. regress.

Declension

References

  • Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary], Simferopol: Dolya, ISBN 966-7980-89-8